King Lear

185 mins
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

John Shrapnel

Earl of Kent

Norman Rodway

Earl of Gloucester

John Bird

Duke of Albany

Julian Curry

Duke of Cornwall

David Weston

Duke of Burgundy

Harry Waters

King of France

Iain Armstrong

First Gentleman

Stuart Blake

First Servant

Tony Sympson

Second Servant

Peter Walmsley

Third Servant

John Dallimore

Second Gentleman

Tim Brown

Captain

Fraser Wilson

Third Gentleman

Colin Lowrey

Production Design

Ron Green

Cinematography

Raymond Hughes

Costume Design

Peter Stenning

Production Manager

Eileen Mair

Makeup Artist

Shaun Sutton

Producer

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